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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Well big trades rarely happen at any time in the NHL so it's always tough to find comparable.
Closest comparable trades around the draft would have been:
Hamilton: 15th OV + 45th + 52nd
Trouba: 2019 1st (20th OV) , Neal Pionk
Jones + 32 Overall for Boqvist, 12th overall, 2022 1st, 2021 2nd
Sergachev: Moser, Geekie, 2nd, 7th
Nobody is making a move as bad as the Jones trade again (great job Stan Bowman!) but the Trouba and Sergachev deals are kind of the framework I think.
Both Moser and Pionk have been great for Tampa and Winnipeg respectively and that's the type of deal you want to make. Get some assets (Geekie/1st) on top of a piece that actually isn't as big of a downgrade on the piece you moved out as you would have thought.
Like I look back to the 2024 draft and if you could have gotten Walman + 15th OV pick + 2025 2nd that would probably be looked back at as a huge win. Walman is probably actually outplaying Andersson this year. Hage was on the board so Flames would have a high end center prospect in the system. And you'd have another 2nd round pick as ammo in this upcoming draft.
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Hamilton and Trouba were RFAs and Sergachev was signed on a long term deal. You really got Jones as the lone example of a comparable and that Trouba return would have had people heated here. The trouble with trading at the draft is that a team has to be pretty confident they are going to progress next season. Who is Detroit competing with in the offseason that thy have to give up the 15th pick at the draft.
If a team is trading for a player in-season and holds the 15th pick it is a lot easier to justify that the player will help them end up higher in the standings like the Hronek and first Chychrun trade. I still think Andersson's value will be higher this deadline than in the offseason but I am not sure it was materially different at the past draft.